Phase two of the Orthopaedic Training Study was designed to examine time, sequence, and content requirements of existing orthopaedic programs. Specifically, the proposal was designed to achieve the following objectives: (1) to provide a model of individualized graduate education in medicine in which the demonstration of individual competence marks…

Altering first choices on multiple-choice questions on a medical examination (Canadian Self-Assessment Examination in Psychiatry) was examined to see whether this led to an increase or decrease in the final score. Examinees were one-and-a-half times more likely to improve than lower their score. (MLW)

Administered the Rotter Internal-External Locus of Control Scale and the Templer Death Anxiety Scale to 50 medical students. Results showed the internally oriented group obtained a significantly lower score on the Death Anxiety Scale, suggesting that internally oriented students are better equipped to confront illness and death. (JAC)

A number of statistical procedures that were developed in 1983 at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Rutgers Medical School to verify the suspicion that a student cheated during an examination are described. (MLW)

Investigates (1) what types of measures, if any, of the sophomore interviewing performance are capable of predicting performance in the senior year?; (2) what is the direction and extent of change in the medical students' interviewing skills between sophomore and senior years? (Author/RK)

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) convened a multidisciplinary group of experts to share their insights about the learning objectives and educational experiences that they would recommend for the training of future physicians about bioterrorism. The expert panel broadened the scope of their discussion beyond bioterrorism to…

This factbook is a compilation of data from secondary sources such as the American Medical Association and the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. It includes information on the supply of health personnel in several disciplines, including physicians, physician assistants, podiatrists, dentists, nursing personnel, optometrists, pharmacists,…

A multilevel approach was proposed for the assessment of differential item functioning and compared with the traditional logistic regression approach. Data from the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination for 2,300 freshman osteopathic medical students were analyzed. The multilevel approach used three-level hierarchical generalized…

This study assessed the effects of the type of medical curriculum on differential item functioning (DIF) and group differences at the test level in Level 1 of the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examinations (COMLEX). The study also explored the relationship of the DIF and group differences at the test level. There are generally two…

In this study of Yale University School of Medicine's students and graduates, it is hypothesized that, nationwide, the present generation of liberal medical students will, following graduation, become a generation of politically liberal doctors. (Editor)

The author shows that medical school graduates are increasingly choosing careers in general and family practice. (PG)

A progress report on the Coordinated Transfer Application System (CONTRANS) of the Association of American Medical Schools that aids U.S. citizens in transferring from foreign to U.S. medical schools. (Author)